Twee jongens van een jaar of 25 zitten bij me in een vierzitje van de trein. Ze hebben het over grammatica en taal.

Plaats de cijfers 1 tot en met 9 zo in het diagram dat elk cijfer precies één keer voorkomt in elke rij, kolom, negen vetomrande 3x3 vakken én de vier grijze 3x3 vakken.

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Lake Dunn, more commonly known as The Lake, is a freshwater lake 68km north-east of Aramac. Lake Dunn's Aboriginal name is pajingo bola, meaning "Big Fella Waterhole" and is 3.21km long and 1.6km wide. It was named after James Dunn, who was a head stockman at Mt Cornish Station and discovered it when he tracked a mob of cattle there. Lake Dunn is a birdwatchers paradise and is home to over 80 different species of birds.

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Tawny Frogmouth
Scientific Name: Podargus strigoides
Description: The general plumage of the Tawny Frogmouth is silver-grey, slightly paler below, streaked and mottled with black and rufous. A second plumage phase also occurs, with birds being russet-red. The eye is yellow in both forms, and the wide, heavy bill is olive-grey to blackish. South-eastern birds are larger than birds from the north. Tawny Frogmouths are nocturnal birds (night birds). During the day, they perch on tree branches, often low down, camouflaged as part of the tree.
Similar species: In Australia there are two other species of frogmouth. The Papuan Frogmouth,P. papuensis, is confined to the Cape York Peninsula and is larger, with an orange-red eye. The other species is the Marbled Frogmouth, P. ocellatus, which is similar in size to the Tawny Frogmouth, but is found only in the rainforests of far north Queensland and on the Queensland-New South Wales border, and it has an orange-yellow eye. Both species also occur in New Guinea. With their nocturnal habit and owl-like appearance, Tawny Frogmouths are often confused with owls, but are actually more closely related to the nightjars. Their feet are weak however, and lack the curved talons of owls.
Distribution: The Tawny Frogmouth is found throughout Australia, including Tasmania.
Habitat: The Tawny Frogmouth can be seen in almost any habitat type except the denser rainforests and treeless deserts.
Feeding: The bulk of the Tawny Frogmouth's diet is made up of nocturnal insects, worms, slugs and snails. Small mammals, reptiles, frogs and birds are also eaten. Most food is obtained by pouncing to the ground from a tree or other elevated perch. Some prey items, such as moths, are caught in flight
Breeding: Tawny Frogmouths have a regular breeding season, but birds in more arid areas may breed in response to heavy rains. Both sexes incubate the eggs. The male sits during the day, but both sexes share sitting at night. The nest is a loose platform of sticks, which is usually placed on a horizontal forked tree branch. Normally only one brood is raised in a season, but birds from the south may have two.
Calls: A soft, deep, continuous, 'ooo-ooo-ooo' sound.
Minimum Size: 34cm
Maximum Size: 53cm
Average size: 44cm
Breeding season: August to December
Clutch Size: Two to three.
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)
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A detailed low-angle autumn portrait of a pair of Parasol Mushrooms (Macrolepiota procera) standing proud among the grass. Shot at 75mm with f/11, the crisp exposure highlights the intricate gills underneath the broad, upturned caps, the double-ringed collars on the stems, and the snakeskin-like pattern along the stalks.

AMSTERDAM (ANP) - De brand in het Olympisch Stadion in Amsterdam is onder controle, meldt de veiligheidsregio in de nacht van donderdag op vrijdag. De hulpdiensten bouwen hun inzet af en vertrekken stapsgewijs.

De brand ontstond donderdagavond in een kruipruimte van de parkeergarage onder het stadion en breidde zich uit naar de spouwmuur. Het volledige stadion, inclusief de bedrijfspanden in het gebouw, werd ontruimd.

Het blussen kostte veel tijd, doordat de brandhaard moeilijk bereikbaar was. De brandweer zette schuim in en sloot deuren om de zuurstoftoevoer te beperken.

Bij de brand kwam veel rook vrij. De brandweer detecteerde in de omgeving geen verhoogde concentraties schadelijke stoffen.

Mensen met een auto in de parkeergarage moeten bij de eigenaar van de garage navragen wanneer ze hun voertuig kunnen ophalen.

TERNEUZEN (ANP) - De gemeenteraad van Terneuzen heeft na een urenlang debat ingestemd met een vergunning voor een asielzoekerscentrum in een voormalig pand van Neckermann. De vorige raad had er nog negatief over geadviseerd. Het nieuwe college, dat na de verkiezingen van maart aantrad, paste het voorstel aan om de sociale veiligheid te verbeteren. Met steun van meerdere oppositiepartijen werd het nipt aangenomen. Wel stemden enkele raadsleden van coalitiepartij TOP/Gemeentebelangen tegen.

De voorstanders wezen erop dat de gemeente volgens de spreidingswet nu eenmaal de taak heeft opvang te regelen. Veertien raadsleden van vooral de coalitiepartijen TOP/Gemeentebelangen, VVD, CDA en PRO dienden een amendement in om de toekomstige inwoners van de regionale opvang zo snel mogelijk bij de samenleving te betrekken, bijvoorbeeld via werk en onderwijs. Ook dit amendement kreeg de steun van een meerderheid van de raad.

Onder meer PVV, met zeven zetels de grootste partij, en Hart voor Terneuzen en Sociaal Terneuzen stemden tegen de vergunning voor een regionale opvanglocatie in de Zeeuwse stad. Volgens deze fracties is onvoldoende gekeken naar de gevolgen voor de sociale veiligheid, verkeersveiligheid en leefbaarheid. Sociaal Terneuzen betwijfelde of er straks voldoende toezicht zal zijn door beveiligers en andere handhavers.

Wethouder Robert-Jan Calon (CDA) zei dat er geen reden is voor angstzaaierij. "Wij gaan tweehonderd mensen opvangen op een bevolking van 56.000 mensen. Wij moeten dat kunnen." Ook wees hij erop dat "het goed gaat" in de huidige noodopvang in de voormalige bibliotheek in Terneuzen waar ruim honderd mensen zijn gehuisvest. Verder zei de wethouder dat het de bedoeling is vooral gezinnen op te vangen in het voormalige pand van Neckermann.

De publieke tribune zat tijdens het debat vol. Vooraf hadden ongeveer vijftien mensen voor het gemeentehuis geprotesteerd tegen het voorstel. Een aantal omwonenden vindt tweehonderd asielzoekers te veel bij een wijk van ongeveer 170 inwoners.

De vorige gemeenteraad van Terneuzen had de opvanglocatie in het voormalige gebouw van Neckermann aanvankelijk goedgekeurd, maar kwam daar later op terug. Het toenmalige college weigerde vervolgens de vergunning te verlenen. Dat was voor toenmalig burgemeester Erik van Merrienboer reden om op te stappen. Commissaris van de Koning Hugo de Jonge heeft oud-minister Franc Weerwind eind vorig jaar benoemd tot tijdelijke opvolger van Van Merrienboer.

DEN HAAG (ANP) - Deze vrijdag doen voor het eerst meer dan 3000 scholen mee aan Paarse Vrijdag, het jaarlijkse evenement voor scholen waarop gevierd wordt dat iedereen zichzelf mag zijn, ongeacht je geaardheid, geloof of huidskleur. Initiatiefnemer COC Nederland zag de aanvragen dit jaar stijgen tot een totaal van 3130 scholen die willen meedoen.

Dat is meer dan de 2890 onderwijsinstellingen die zich vorig jaar hadden aangemeld. Het evenement vindt dit jaar op verzoek van de scholen voor het eerst in oktober plaats. Eerdere edities waren altijd in december, wat doorgaans al een drukke maand is met feestdagen en jaarafsluitingen.

COC denkt dat er dit jaar meer animo onder scholen is door een onderzoek van het Trimbos-instituut en de Universiteit Utrecht dat vorige maand werd gepubliceerd. Daaruit bleek dat de acceptatie van homoseksualiteit onder jongeren fors is gedaald. "Het is hartverwarmend om te zien hoeveel docenten, leerkrachten en scholieren zich juist nu willen inzetten voor een school waar iedereen zichzelf kan zijn", zegt COC-directeur Marie Ricardo.

Deelnemende scholen ontvangen van COC een speciaal pakket en materialen voor in de les. Van alle onderwijsinstellingen die dit jaar meedoen, zijn er duizend middelbare scholen en mbo's. De overige 2130 zijn basisscholen.

Agents surrounded the man and child in his car before firing multiple rounds, according to Zohran Mamdani

A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot a man in New York City on Thursday afternoon, according to the city’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani.

Early reports indicated that agents had surrounded the man and a five-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds, the mayor said in a statement on Thursday evening. The child was physically unharmed, according to Mamdani.

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Stranger Things’ Gaten Matarazzo leads the grief-stricken 90s musical about friends living under the threat of Aids

Is Rent one of the musical greats? It’s a forever fan favourite – this new production extended its run even before the official opening – and its origin story holds a special place in theatre-kid hearts. Jonathan Larson, Rent’s creator, died just before the off-Broadway premiere in 1996, aged 35 – a poignant echo of its raggle-taggle bohemians in New York, living fast and fearing death will come before their time.

This production is developed by director Luke Sheppard (Paddington: The Musical) from his version at Manchester’s Hope Mill theatre. With onstage seating circling the space, Sheppard cradles the piece in community, knitting together the story’s hopeful vagabonds. Actors watch between scenes, harmonising and dancing in their chairs. The cast even form something close to a prayer circle for the imperishable Seasons of Love.

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England-focused mental health review returns stark warning and calls for shift to ‘needs-led’ system

• Explainer | What has the Fonagy review found and what does it recommend?

• Analysis | No ‘snowflakes’: mental health review says today’s youth have it harder and harms are real

The NHS in England is heading into a “world of system failures” as it struggles to cope with relentlessly rising demand for mental health, ADHD and autism care, leaving those affected desperate for support, a government-commissioned inquiry has found.

The stark warning was made in a review led by Prof Peter Fonagy into the sharp rise in demand over recent decades for help with mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions.

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Nine in 10 school heads who responded say inspections still ‘negatively affected’ staff mental health

School inspections in England continue to damage the mental wellbeing of teachers and senior leaders, according to a survey commissioned by Ofsted that casts doubt on efforts to reduce the stress caused by inspectors’ visits.

The independent survey of school leaders who had undergone the revised inspections since last year found that 88% said it had “negatively affected” the mental wellbeing of school staff, including 29% who said it affected them “a lot”.

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Michael Carrick is wary of ‘Dr Tottenham’, Oliver Glasner returns to Selhurst Park and will Manchester City summon a siege mentality at Anfield?

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Declan Rice’s future role in England’s midfield was questioned by Gary Lineker after Alex Scott’s impressive first senior international start in the 7-0 thrashing of Croatia. But the decision to withdraw from Thomas Tuchel’s squad in an attempt to manage his workload made sense after Rice had only three weeks off post-World Cup before returning to pre-season training. The 27-year-old has struggled with persistent back problems after suffering a hamstring injury last December and Mikel Arteta will hope that the rest has done Rice – who is thought to be close to agreeing a lucrative new contract at the Emirates – the world of good as they prepare to resume the defence of their Premier League title against Leeds on Saturday. Ed Aarons

Arsenal v Leeds, Saturday 12.30pm (all times BST)

Aston Villa v Brentford, Saturday 3pm

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Actor-director’s listless LA-set crime thriller makes for a surprisingly anonymous effort and one that feels very similar to many other, better films

Ben Affleck has pushed through multiple Hollywood comebacks, at least one predicated on his facility behind the camera, directing Boston-based thrillers both artistically ambitious (Gone Baby Gone) and juicily crowd-pleasing (The Town). So now that his acting career seems particularly stable, as he works steadily and produces movies via the company he founded with longtime friend and collaborator Matt Damon, why does his directing career remain in what seems like post-Oscar doldrums? (Though he has never been nominated for a best director Oscar, his film Argo won best picture in 2013.) His new movie Animals appears perfectly situated within his wheelhouse: it’s a Los Angeles-based crime-and-politics thriller to match his earlier east coast work. The real surprise, however, is just how listless it can get.

Affleck himself plays Mark Kimball, a Angeleno running for mayor of his home town. His status as an independent non-party-affiliated candidate (and one who scarcely exhibits a trace of a platform in what little we see of his stump speeches and interviews) is only one element of his unlikely backstory, which also includes history as a teacher, a lawyer and a veteran of the first Gulf war. (Not sure the math on all that checks out, but let’s allow it as evidence of a fusion between Mark’s dedication to service and a rapacious ambition.) He’s leveraged his family’s wealth to take him through the home stretch of a close campaign, and tensions are medium-high with his wife, Abby, (Kerry Washington), who’s hiding some problems of her own. Things get considerably worse when, on Halloween, he receives a phone call: Kidnappers have taken his preteen son Denny (Christopher Woodley). They’re demanding $7m that Mark doesn’t have to get him back safely.

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Adored by the A-list and filling arenas, but without huge smash hits, the Australian singer treads his own distinctive path through pop via shoegaze, Balearic and the Smiths

A few years back, the New York Times reported on the phenomenon of the “middle-class pop star”. The feature bluntly explained that this signified “a pop star who isn’t that popular”, for whom the word signified not commercial dominance, but “a sound, an aesthetic, an attitude”. It isn’t an entirely new phenomenon: you may recall a game late 00s attempt to differentiate critically acclaimed but commercially underground pop artists – Alphabeat, Frankmusik and the Clik Clik among them – from the massed ranks of chart-topping TV talent show graduates by grouping them together under the generic banner of “wonky pop”. But the arrival of social media clearly changed things dramatically, enabling artists who seldom, if ever, encroach on the charts’ upper reaches to develop ferociously loyal – and very online – followings, reliably packed-out shows and a genuine aura of celebrity to go with their good reviews.

Troye Sivan might well be the apotheosis of this phenomenon. Over the last 12 years, his albums have shifted respectable, rather than earth-shattering quantities. Intermittently, the odd single has become a mainstream hit, but their success is vastly outstripped by his profile – arena tours, features in broadsheet newspapers and style magazines, interviews on late night US chatshows – and indeed his standing among huge stars. He has been glowingly written about in Time magazine by Kylie Minogue. Nicole Kidman appears in the video for the title track from She’s the Best. Madonna apparently gave personal approval for him to use a sample from 2000’s Music on another of the album’s singles, Party. He has duetted on hits by Dua Lipa, Ariana Grande and Charli xcx, with whom he co-headlined a US tour just after the release of Brat.

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Weer voor Rotterdam ☁️ - 09-10-2026 01:15 CEST

In één oogopslag:
• 13.6°C · Bewolkt ☁️ | Min 13.6°C / Max 15.6°C | Kans op neerslag 56%

Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 13.6°C, Max 15.6°C (Zware motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 2.8 mm, Kans op neerslag 56%, 🧭 1010.3 hPa ↘️ -8.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 25.6 km/u (7.1 m/s), richting: ↘ 322°

Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:

• 02:00: 13.5°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1018.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 13.7 km/u (3.8 m/s), richting: ↗ 239°
• 03:00: 12.5°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 10%, 🧭 1017.7 hPa ↘️ -0.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 15.8 km/u (4.4 m/s), richting: ↗ 213°
• 04:00: 12.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 26%, 🧭 1016.9 hPa ↘️ -0.8 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 20.9 km/u (5.8 m/s), richting: ↗ 216°
• 05:00: 11.2°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.3 mm, Kans op neerslag 43%, 🧭 1015.9 hPa ↘️ -1.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 24.1 km/u (6.7 m/s), richting: ↗ 213°
• 06:00: 10.4°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.7 mm, Kans op neerslag 62%, 🧭 1014.7 hPa ↘️ -1.2 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 24.5 km/u (6.8 m/s), richting: ↑ 199°
• 07:00: 10.4°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.2 mm, Kans op neerslag 83%, 🧭 1013.3 hPa ↘️ -1.4 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 25.2 km/u (7.0 m/s), richting: ↑ 191°
• 08:00: 10.6°C (Lichte regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 1.3 mm, Kans op neerslag 98%, 🧭 1011.9 hPa ↘️ -1.4 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 28.4 km/u (7.9 m/s), richting: ↑ 189°
• 09:00: 11.3°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.3 mm, Kans op neerslag 100%, 🧭 1011.0 hPa ↘️ -0.9 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 29.5 km/u (8.2 m/s), richting: ↗ 208°
• 10:00: 12.1°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.3 mm, Kans op neerslag 100%, 🧭 1010.1 hPa ↘️ -0.9 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 30.6 km/u (8.5 m/s), richting: ↗ 216°
• 11:00: 12.7°C (Matige regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 2.8 mm, Kans op neerslag 100%, 🧭 1009.7 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 24.5 km/u (6.8 m/s), richting: ↗ 217°
• 12:00: 13.5°C (Matige regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 3.7 mm, Kans op neerslag 100%, 🧭 1009.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 23.0 km/u (6.4 m/s), richting: ↗ 217°
• 13:00: 14.2°C (Matige regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 4.0 mm, Kans op neerslag 99%, 🧭 1009.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 23.0 km/u (6.4 m/s), richting: ↗ 217°

Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:

• zaterdag 10 oktober: Min 10.4°C, Max 16.8°C (Matige regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 21.5 mm, Kans op neerslag 77%, 🧭 1008.7 hPa ↘️ -1.6 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 30.6 km/u (8.5 m/s), richting: ↗ 235°
• zondag 11 oktober: Min 12.5°C, Max 14.3°C (Lichte regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 6.9 mm, Kans op neerslag 61%, 🧭 1010.8 hPa ↗️ +2.1 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 33.5 km/u (9.3 m/s), richting: → 270°
• maandag 12 oktober: Min 9.7°C, Max 13.9°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.8 mm, Kans op neerslag 26%, 🧭 1015.9 hPa ↗️ +5.1 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 24.5 km/u (6.8 m/s), richting: → 268°
• dinsdag 13 oktober: Min 9.5°C, Max 16.4°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 1.4 mm, Kans op neerslag 3%, 🧭 1020.2 hPa ↗️ +4.3 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 14.6 km/u (4.1 m/s), richting: ↑ 168°
• woensdag 14 oktober: Min 14.3°C, Max 20.0°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 4.0 mm, Kans op neerslag 10%, 🧭 1026.1 hPa ↗️ +5.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 18.6 km/u (5.2 m/s), richting: ↗ 221°
• donderdag 15 oktober: Min 11.0°C, Max 17.6°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 27%, 🧭 1025.6 hPa ↘️ -0.5 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 17.5 km/u (4.9 m/s), richting: ↗ 222°

Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 01:15): 13.6°C (Bewolkt)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 10.4°C (-3.2°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 13.7 km/u (3.8 m/s), richting: ↗ 242°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 26.6 km/h (7.4 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 58%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1018.3 hPa ↘️ -1.4 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 50.0 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 0.0
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 07:54 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 19:03

Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 29 🟢 (Goed)
• PM2.5: 4.4 μg/m³
• PM10: 9.8 μg/m³

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The Mathocalypse. "Last night my 9-year-old son was taunting my wife, complexity theorist Dana Moshkovitz, as follows: 'mommy, I heard you got cooked! I heard that a robot solved the math problem you worked on for your whole career! OOF!'" Scott Aaronson on OpenAI's announcement of 372 breakthrough mathematical results using an unreleased model.

Lech Mazur:

A quick check shows that this list claims to fully solve 90 of the top 500 open problems in math (https://proofatlas.ai/open-problems/). The highest ranked would be:

• Hilbert's Tenth Problem over the Rationals
• Unique Games Conjecture
• Anderson Model Extended States in Dimension at Least Three
• Penrose inequality
• Nonexistence of Landau–Siegel zeros for quadratic Dirichlet L-functions
• The Baum-Connes Conjecture for the K-Theory of Reduced Group C*-Algebras
• Abundance Conjecture for the minimal model program
• Hadwiger Conjecture
• Bose-Einstein Condensation in Interacting Continuous Bose Gases
• Entanglement Area Law for 2D Gapped Quantum Systems

Advocates for Trans Equality has a great slate of candidates running for office. Each of these leaders has demonstrated a deep commitment to the rights and well-being of the transgender community. With 5 federal candidates and dozens of state and local candidates in states as diverse as Massachusetts, California, Utah, Indiana, and Georgia, this list has something for everyone. If you're looking for a little inspiration, or a candidate you can support with some door-knocking or a donation, this list is for you.

Want more? The LGBTQ+ Victory Fund is devoted to electing pro-equality, pro-choice LGBTQ+ leaders to public office at every level. Their massive list lets you filter candidates by office level, state, and party. (Choose Republican and get "There are no candidates at this time. Please check back later.") The Washington Blade has mini-profiles on the LGBTQ candidates running for U.S. House and Senate. Pop quiz: What's the biggest caucus in the House of Representatives? If you guessed the famous Freedom Caucus, or even the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, or the Congressional Black Caucus, guess again:

At the beginning of the 119th Congress, the Congressional Equality Caucus is the largest* caucus in the United States House of Representatives with 191 members, the most the caucus has ever started a Congress with. In the 118th Congress, the Equality Caucus had a peak membership of 195.

(There are 214 Democrats in the House. 191 of them belong to the Equality Caucus.) The mission of the caucus is to work for LGBTQI+ rights. The caucus is chaired by the most senior openly LGBTQ member of Congress and co-chaired by the other openly-LGBTQ members of the House of Representatives. Membership is open to any member of Congress who is willing to advance LGBTQI+ rights. Caucus co-chair Becca Balint talks about what the Equality Caucus can achieve if Democrats take the House, even with a hostile president: Rep. Becca Balint says Dems can slow Trump's anti-trans warfare. But first they must win midterms. LGBTQ Nation, Faefyx Collington This post was inspired by someone who recently received an unwanted check from the government and thought donating to pro-trans rights Democrats would be a fitting use for the money. I hope these links are helpful to any MeFites finding themselves with an unpleasant partisan windfall they'd prefer not to keep. The length of this post was inspired by my admiration for so many wonderful posts by kliuless. This post is dedicated to fabulous MeFite mephron, and also to my personal hero, Montana State Representative Zooey Zephyr. (I have mentioned on MetaFilter that when I'm obsessing about the current horrorshow, I try to steer my thoughts to people who are doing the work to make the world better. Zooey Zephyr is in my thoughts a LOT.) * Some numbers: The Democratic Caucus has 214 members. The Congressional Equality Caucus has 191 members. The New Democrat Coalition has 112 members. The Congressional Progressive Caucus has 99 members (in the House, plus 1 in the Senate). The Congressional Black Caucus has 54 members (in the House, plus 4 in the Senate). The Problem Solvers Caucus has 48 members (26 Democrats). The Freedom Caucus has 31 members (all Republicans; at least 6 will be gone next year).